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Photographer: Dan Tenaglia
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.
heart-podded hoary-cress, pepper-weed white-top, white-top
Cardaria: Greek for "heart-shaped," from the fruit
draba: from Greek drabe for "sharp" or "acrid" and referring to the burning taste of the leaves which supposedly had a medicinal value as a poultice
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 24" tall forb, hairy only at the base; creeping roots |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted; inflorescence a dense cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | pod, evenly divided into 2 segments, mostly flat with a heart-shaped base |
| Leaf: | stem leaves arrow-shaped, appearing to clasp the stem |
| Habitat: | fields, roadsides, disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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